Uncommon Birds in South Carolina
Our list for South Carolina has 80 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 18 residents, 13 summer visitors, 32 winter visitors and 17 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Carolina in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 80, most common first
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Nov–May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made